The Military Mentor. Being a Series of Letters recently written by a General Officer to his Son, on his Entering the Army: Comprising a Course of Elegant Instruction, calculated to unite the Characters and Accomplishments of the Gentleman and the Soldier. Second Edition.
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London: Printed for Richard Phillips..., 1804. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. x, 336; iv, 286 [287 - 325 Index, 326 adverts], contemporary continental charcoal grey boards to a cat's paw design, gilt rules across spines, red leather labels; possibly lacking a leaf of adverts at end of volume 1, top portion of title-page in each volume defective, with pieces cut from margins to remove name and then crudely mounted on accounts paper, slight staining of text and margins in first few leaves of volume 1, corners worn, binding a little worn, with spine of volume 1 rubbed with white underlay exposed. This work is adapted from Conseils d'un militaire à son fils; par M. le baron d'A**** [i.e. Baron d'Anglesy], colonel d'infanterie. The English translator/ adapter has made a number of additions with a view to the British market. The first edition was published in the same year, and there were further editions in 1808, 1809, and 1813.
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- The Military Mentor. Being a Series of Letters recently written by a General Officer to his Son, on his Entering the Army: Comprising a Course of Elegant Instruction, calculated to unite the Characters and Accomplishments of the Gentleman and the Soldier. Second Edition.
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